Bill H.3174
188th (2013 - 2014)

An Act to enhance Chapter 90 funding of local road construction

Bill Title: An Act to enhance Chapter 90 funding of local road construction

By Mr. Winslow of Norfolk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3174) of Daniel B. Winslow for legislation to prohibit mandates on cities and towns by the Department of Transportation to construct or reconstruct public ways which exceed local speed limits. Transportation.

SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 6C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in order to promulgate efficiency and cost-savings, the department shall not, whether as a condition of state funding or otherwise, require any city or town to construct or reconstruct any public way with a design speed that exceeds the posted speed that shall be assigned to that public way by the city or town upon completion of construction or reconstruction.

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